Born at Novi Sad in Yugoslavia, Diana Zwibach now lives in the Fylde area of Lancashire in the north of England.

She studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, going on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking at Chelsea School of Art and an MA Degree at the Royal College of Art, London. These studies were completed with the support of an Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship.

Since 1971 Diana has contributed to group and solo exhibitions in the Middle East, Europe and North America.

1967-1971 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1971 Diploma in Fine Arts
1971 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship toward post graduate course in printmaking at Chelsea School of Art, London
1972 Awarded Higher Diploma in Art
1972-1974 Royal College of Art, London
1973 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship towards Master of Arts Degree
1974 Awarded degree of Master of Arts of the Royal College of Art, London

Describing her work, Zwibach has written, "I am concerned with exploring my inner self as it reacts and responds to outside realities. My work celebrates the sensual nature of mankind struggling to achieve moments of peace and harmony in a never ending battle for survival on a spiritual plane."

My present project is the preparation for the Dubrovnik Festival, running from the 12th July 1998. The work will consist of three installations inspired by my trip to Croatia with the Richard Demarco Foundation in May 1998. I visited Zagreb, the Capital of Croatia, then went on to Pakrac and Lipik, the small Slavonian towns about 160 kilometers from Zagreb. This was a very draining and moving experience. The ruins of destroyed and burnt houses are silent monuments to what happened there during the war. The world famous Lipizzaner Horses stables barely stand, where 50 out of 117 were slaughtered. The survivors of Pakrac and Lipik had their own harrowing stories to tell. The last few days of my trip were spent in Dubrovnik which had been besieged and bombed during the onslaught.

The three installations are part of the whole work. One of the installations will be shown within the old walled city of Dubrovnik, in a small dark room with a single candle burning. A voice recording reading out words of hope and energy will be played continously, recorded at St. Thomas's church, St. Annes'-on-Sea, Lancashire, England.

The remaining two installations will be exhibited on the Lokrum Island, a 20 minute boat trip from Dubrovnik. On a bullet damaged wall within an ancient cloister, I'll be showing 15 of my paintings and alongside, on another undamaged wall, I'll behang messages sent to me by well wishers from Britain to the Croatian people. The idea for the installation was inspired by this particular wall which brought to mind the wall of tears in Jerusalem.

An echo of this exhibition will be held simultaneously in Pakrac and later in August 1998 at the Edinburgh Festival.

I am appealing to everyone to email me their messages of support to Croatia by 2nd July 1998 with your names and addresses if willing, so I can display them on the wall.

Let us make them know we care!
I would like to thank all those who choose to take part in this unique exhibition.

1973 Ben Uri Gallery, London
1975 Valerie Michael-Ange Gallery, Monte Carlo
1977 Zahler Gallery, Los Angeles
1977 Las Vegas Gallery, Las Vegas
1978 Grundy House Museum, Blackpool, England
1984 ZOA House, Tel Aviv
1986 Yugoslav Club, London
1986 Jerusalem Artists House Gallery, Jerusalem
1991 Diana Febland Gallery, Blackpool, England
1994-1995 Scotland Tour "Doors"
1995 Salford Art Gallery, Manchester, England
1997 Diana Febland Gallery, Blackpool, England
1998 Dubrovnik Festival, Croatia
1998 Pakrac Art Festival, Croatia
1998 Edinburgh Festival
1998-1999 Croatian Embassy, London

1971 New Faces, Tel Aviv
1972 Summer Arts, Royal Garden Hotel, London
1972 British International Print Biennial, Bradford, England
1972 Greenwich Theater Gallery, Eduardo Paolozzi's choice of the London Post Graduate Show
1973 Graphic Art in Israel today, Tel Aviv Museum
1973 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1974 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1974 Drawings, Jerusalem Artists House
1974 Graphics, Jerusalem Artists House
1978 Preston, England, Harris Museum
1980 Accrington Museum, Accrington England
1986 BBC North West Arts Competition finalist
1987 Atlanta Playhouse Theater and Gallery 14th International Festival
1988 BBC North West Arts Competition finalist
1988 County and Regimental Museum, Preston, England
1990 Art Fair at Islington Design Centre, with Richard Demarco Gallery
1990 Bath Arts Festival with Richard Demarco Gallery
1990 International Art Fair at Olympia with Richard Demarco Gallery
1991 L.A. Art International Exhibition with Art Atelier International
1991 Art Fair at Islington Design Centre, with Richard Demarco Gallery
1991 Christmas Show, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England
1992 Diana Febland Gallery, Blackpool, England
1992 Bath Art Festival with Richard Demarco
1992 Edinburgh Festival Art Fair with Richard Demarco Gallery
1992 Art Mart, Islington Design Centre, London
1993 Bosnia-British Dialogue in response to "Witness of Existance" through Richard Demarco Gallery
1993 S.S.A. Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1994 Bosnia-British Dialogue in response to "Witness of Existance" through Richard Demarco Gallery
1994 S.S.A. Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1994 An Alternative Viusion - Thompson Art Gallery, London
1994 Grundy House Museum, Blackpool, England
1995 S.S.A. Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1995 European Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 Exhibition, Oxford Museum, Oxford, England
1997 S.S.A. Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1998 Artlink, Stirling Museum, Scotland

Jerusalem Museum
Tel Aviv Museum
Cunningham Museum, Scotland
Glasgow Vennel Irvine Smith Gallery, Scotland

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